Page 94 - November 15, 1839 - Chicago Again

November the 15 . 1839 Page 94

Fri 15 Clear this morning and pleasant

with a frost on I paid 18 cts of

a bill I found a horse shoe and

got 18 cts for it we lay .3. miles

this side of Huns 1839 H. R

Sat 16 Clear this morning with a frost

my bill was 12 cts we came to

A. Rexfords and put up I got 12

after night it rained some and

turned in cooler than before

Sun 17 Clear this morning quite cool we

came to the praire house one the

lake and staid all night I bought

a pair of mittens price 62 1/2

Mon 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I got four barels of Salt price 12. 81.

one fagot of nail iron 4. 25 cts forty.

pounds of Coffe price 6. 40 cts four

pounds of tea 2. 75 cts combs and knife

25 cts tar 18 cts mittens 62 cts we

got to Chicago traded and started back

and got back as far as Smiths and staid

Tue 19 Clear this morning we staidted and

came back to Woods and put up we stuck

fast in the calimink swamp in the evening

came up a cloud and had the appearance

of snow we lost a log chain after night

I went back after it I road about 30 miles

after night quite cool no more 1839 . 19

Wed 20 Clear this morning we came to Van

Rankins on the sand ridge quite cool

no more at this time Harmon . Lucas

Thu 21 Clear this morning we came to sugar

creek quite cool 1839 . my Dear Mifs

Fri 22 Clear this morning but got some cloudy

in the evening quite cool we landed ham

after Dark a while 1839

Page 93 - November 7, 1839 - Wagons North

November the 7 . 1839 Page 93

Thu 7 Cloudy this morning but soon broke aw

-ay it got clear in the evening in the

evening it turned some cloudy I work

-ed the road begining at Feelden

Clevengers and we cut one half mile

dew west Father and Mother went

ona visit to St. Mendenhalls 1839

Fri 8 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds quite cool a heavy

frost on I helped Timmons husk corn

Sat 9 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on I puled corn till noon for my

self in the after noon I kiklled a hog

Sun 10 Clear thiis morning with a heavy on

in the evening it got cloudy at 11 I

went Salem meeting house B. E.

Wood preached was quite a congragation

out to hear him after night I went John

graves to singing school 1839 H . L

Mon 11 Cloudy this morning and rained all

day after night it easeth some we lay

at big pine cool a and disagreeable we

was that for on our journy to Chicago

Tue 12 Cloudy this morning the sun shoen

out once we killed 2 hens and 3 pesants

we met 16 waggons from Chicago

we lay at sugar creek at old pecks

Wed 13 Cloudy this morning we got to the

buck horn tavern after night it rain

-ed I got 25 cts worth of powder

and shot and 6 cts worth of oats 1839

Thu 14 Cloudy this morning and raining some

we came to the kankakee the sun

shoen out clear I spent 43 cts 1840

noe more at this time I thank

you sir Harmon R Lucas

Page 87 - September 27, 1839 - Wood Retires

September the 27. 1839 Page 87

Fri 27 Cloudy this morning and raining some

and has the appearance of continuing

to hold out I cleaned up 33 bushels of

oats quite cool it rained hard till noon

then it broke away and got clear and

cool I I plowed in wheat S. Pulver 1839

Sat 28 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on quite cool in the evening it

got quite cloudy and after night it rain

ed some I plowd till noon in the after

I don nothing much quite cool 1839 .28

Sun 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant

wind South Wm Pierce staid hear

all night at eleven I went to Salem

meeting house to hear the Reverend

B. E. Wood preacher the last

time at four I went down to H. . .

Simses to hear him again and hom

Mon 30 Clear this morning the frost is hard

I plowd in foller ground till noon in

the after noon I haried in wheat we

finished sowing the barnes field 1839

one day after date we or either of us do

promise to pay Wm H Harison

the sum of 2 .2 .oooooo of dollars for

Value Received Witness our hands

and seal this the 17 of December

1839 Wm all Cash and James

Emry no gold and Jacob Chales

Monroe Daivison this being on the

last of the leef I will try to fill

it up with some most inportance

subject when we have been there

ten thousand thousand years brite

shining as the sun we have noe

les days to sing gods praise 1839

am I a soldier of the cross a folower

of the lamb sure I must fight

if I would reign increas my cour

age lord Harmon R Lucas 1839

Page 72 - June 22, 1839 - Three Boats

June the 22. 1839 Page 72

Sat 22 Clear this morning quite cool with a

heavy diew it continued clear all day and

mice I went all over the corn and wheat

fields to inspect them in the after noon

I hunted som and after night I laid

in the waggon to wach rack coons 1839

Sun 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

is some warmes than it has been for some

two or three days at ten I went to Salem

meeting house to hear Wood preach and

at half past 3 I went to Pattersons to

meeting it rained some at dark it raind

it rained very hard and steady cool 1839

Mon 24 Cloudy this morning and about noon it

broke away and got clear in the after noon

and pleasant I done nothing much all day

in the after noon I thined corn 1839 21

Tue 25 Clear this morning with the exception of

a few flying clouds over us I went to

Lafayette and got of Hannah for

E. Timmons. 4. 9. 25 I got 2 pounds of

shot .25. half poand of powder .25. two

harps .12 1/2 one pair of susspenders 62 1/2

their is three steam boats up one is cald the

J O. second Return third Reserve

Wed 26 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few clouds it got cloudy and it

rained som two or three times in the

day quite warm after night it rained

again hquit hard I plowed in my corne

Thu 27 Clear partly this morning with the

exception of a few flying clouds over

us quite pleasant it rained som two or

three times in the after noon it and

then it broke away and got clear and

quite pleasant I plowed till in the

evening late then I quite and broke my

plow then made onother one so noe

more at this time Harmon Lucas

Page 63 - May 7, 1839 - Barrel of Fish

May the 7. 1839 Page 63

Tue 7 Partly clear this morning thier is some frost

I furrowed out a while I finished sixteen

acres planting in the after noon I plowed

in the other eight acres quite warm R

Wed 8 Clear this morning in the fore noon

Father come home from Chiggo he got

one barel of fish which contains one hundred

and ten fish in the barel and two barels

of salt in the evening it clouded up and

had the appearance of rain it went round

to the east with heavy thundring and heavy

flashes of lightning I plowed for corn 1839

Thu 9 Partley Clear this morning but got some

hasy in the evening it clouded up and raind

a fine shower I plowed for corn all day

James Patterson and Mr. Coopers niece

was married to day 1839 Indiana state

Fri 10 Partly clear this morning some hasy and

cool it got quite warm and got some

cloudy in the evening and sprinkled some

I plowed for corn all day Harmon

Sat 11 clear this morning and quite pleasent

in the evening it clouded up and in the

night it rained some little I finished

plowing for corn against noon in the after

noon I furrowed owt for corn quite warm.

Sun 12 cloudy this morning and rained some it

got some broken some cooler than it was.

it continued raining by turns all day

I went over to Salem Meeting house to

Hear Mr. Wood preach after meeting I

went over to Timmons to Singing school

at four I went to meeting again but noen

Mon 13 Cloudy this morning and raining some quite

cool at nine it broke of and the sun shoen

out and was nearly clear the remainder

of the day I furowed ot for corne father

took down his wool to the emeshen

Page 60 - April 16, 1839 - Polly's Poppoos

April the 16. 1839 Page 60

Tue 16 Partly clear this morning I got tuo bushe

of oats of old Mr. Shigley it clouded up

and sprinkled some it soon broke away

and got clear and desperately windy it

got quite cool I plowed for corn all day u

Wed 17 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost it was quite windy all day I plowed

for corn oats thiir was a man painting

our chairs for sixteen pounds of bacon

Thu 18 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost it is quite warm to what it was

the or or three days back I finished

sowing oats I hot four bushels of dhoar

Mendenhall at 25 cts per bushe..

Fri 19 Cloudy this morning the sun shoen out

dimley some cooler in the evening it got

cloudy and had the appearance of rain

I plowed for corn all day 19. 1839

Sat 20 Cloudy this morning and looks like

we would have rain the sun shoen

out som two or three times Polly H

had a poppoos I plowed all day Father

got home from Chicaugo alls well

Sun 21 Clear this morning with some frost

I went out to see my oats and wheat

and then to Salem meeting house to

hear Mr. Wood preach in the after

noon he preached James Freelses

funeral Mr. Barnards school house

I went to it and got home just at dark

Mon..22 Clear this morning quite warme

all day in the after noon it clouded

up and at dark it began to thundre

aloud and thundre rite sharp after

night it rained some little I plowed

for corn all day no move att

this present time but Remember

Page 53 - March 7, 1839 - Cattle Sale

March the 7 1839 Page 53

Thu 7 Clear this morning and continued

so till noon then it clouded up and

after night it began to rain som

I worked for Joshua Burch all

day after night Father came

home from court Harmon

Fri 8 Cloudy this morning and snowing

it snowed a little while and quit

it was cloudy till nearly noon then

it broke away and then the sun

shoen out in the after noon quit

pleasent late in the evening it

clouded up I went to Harrison

Ville I got me a knife prise 75c

and half a quire of paper price 18c

Sat 9 Clear this morning but soon

clouded up again about noon

it cleard up again and turned som

coalder I drawed some hay in the

fore noon in the after noon I

went to Evetine Conleys to get

my vest then to singing school

Sun 10 Clear this morning a while

then it clouded up and had some

appearance of snow it turned

quite coald I wente to Salem

meeting house to hear Mr.

Wood preach after night I

went to meeting again 1839

Mon 11 Clear this morning and frose

the ground hard after noon

it clouded up and had some

appearance of rain I worked

for John Graves Father sold

ninetteen head of cattle five

head of two year olds and

fourteen head of yearlens he

got one hundred Dollars he

gave me thirty dollars of it

my calvs come to 65 dollars.

Page 50 - February 17, 1839 - Speling School

Febuary the 17. 1839 Page 50

Sun 17 Cloudy this morning and snowe

two or three times in the course

of the day I went to Salam

meeting house to hear Mr.

Wood preach after night he

preached ggin I went to it

Mon 18 clear this morning quite nice

all day I cut wood all day L

D Chism staid all night D

Ttue 19 clear all day I went up to a little

town caled Ammericas to get

some money at the esqires office

which he had collected for mee

I staid all night at michel

hairs and went to speling school

Wed 20 cloudy and raining this mornin

it broke away at noon I had a

Job a getting my money from

the esquire I got fourteen Dollars

and sixty two cents and I paid

L. D. Chisom ten Dollars too

Thu 21 cloudy partly all day the sun shoen

out some times I made one hundre

and forty rails for Adam best

quite warm all day after night

I went to meeting at Mr. genings

Fri 22 cloudy this morning and raingu

it had commenced in the night

it thundred very hard som foggy

too Mr. and Mrs. Genings was hear

and Mr. and Mrs. Barns was hear

on a visit I cout some rail timbe

Sat 23 cloudy this morning and a great

appearance of rain quite warme

it is some smokey I made one hundred

and twelve rails for Adam Best

in the after noon we went a

hunting rabots but killed none

Page 48 - February 4, 1839 - Follower of the Lamb

Febuary the 4. 1839 Page 48

Mon 4 Cloudy this morning in the after

noon it broke away but quite

coald all day I dom nothing of eny

conciquend all day so noe more

Teu 5 clear this morning and continued

so all day a most despertly coald

I done nothing of eny conciquence w

Wed 6 clear this morning and continued

e so all day and som little warmer

it thoughed some little I killed

four praire hens after night I

went Salem meeting house to

Mr. Wood preach H. R. L.

Thu 7 clear this morning and some little

warmer that it has been for some

two or three mornings past it

thoughed some Father went to town

he got a letter for me and six pape

I cut some wood for the school house

after night I went to Mr. gening

to prayer meeting H. R. L.

Fri 8 cloudy this morning and continud

so aall day in the after noon it

rained some five or six times

in the day I cut some timber for

adam Bests and then hunted

Sat 9 clear this morning it had snowed

som in the night which is gone

some colder than it has been for

som two or three days past wind

North west at this time after

night I went to singing school

and I signed one scholar to it we

had liken to load a fight at it

am I a soldier of the croess a

follower of the lamb and

shall I fear to own his cause

or blush to speak his name

Page 46 - January 22, 1839 - Go Baering

Jenuary 22 1839 Page 46

Tue 22 Cloudy and windy and after night

it blowed Desperately hard I worke

for Jacob Klepinger and after

night went to Sollomon Bests

and it stormed quite hard 1839

Wed 23 clear and continud so all day after

night I went to meting I worked

for JacB Klepinger I went home

with H. B. their was 20 out

Thu 24 clear this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger after night

Mahen and the wife caame to Jacob

Fri 25 cloudy and snowing and raining

som all day after noon it rained

quite hard I finished my work

for Jacob Klepinger H L 1839

Sat 26 cloudy this morning it got some

clear I and David and Samuel

Klepinger had the most fun with

a little calf it would make at us

as hard as it could I got it of

Wm. Burch Feelden Clevenger

had a child to depart this life.

Sun 27 clear this morning Mr. Wood

preached at Salem meeting house

after meeting I went to the baering

then to Mr. Barnards to meeting

Mr. Cook preached their was

eight or ten Joined meeting 1839

Mon 28 cloudy this morning it snowed

ritet smart all day I worked

for John Graves till three O

clock it comtined to storm so Bad

that quit and went home 1839

One day after date I promised

to pay Thomas C Barnes the

sum of tten dollars Value Reced

Page 45 - January 15, 1839 - Hunting Deer

Jenuary the 15. th. 1839 Page 45

Tue 15 Cloudy and snowing some it continued

to snow all day I filled Mr. Timmons

harth for 25 cts in the evening I

went to Wm. Burches and staid all

night he saw seven Deer and shot

and shot at then but mised them

Wed 16 cloudy this morning and quite coald

in the morning I went out to try my

my skill with the Deer I saw seven

but coodent get a shot at them and

after night I went to meeting at

salem meeting house Mr. Wood gave

us a preach their was about forty

Tuh 17 cloudy this morning and snowed some

four or five times through the day

I made one hundred and fifteen

rails Jams Pierce was married

the 15 day of Jenuary, 1839 H.R.

Fri 18 cloudy this morning I made one

hundred and three rails it snowed

some three or four times in the

times after night it was quite windy

and continud so all night it frose hard

Sat 19 clear for a while then it clouded up

in the after noon I cut wood for

the meeting house and then I cut

that brush down before the house

Sun 20 cloudy this morning and continued

so all day I went to Salem to

meeting in the evening it snowed

Mon 21 cloudy this morning and continued so

all day and it snowed some five

or six times through the cours of

the day we killed our hogs 1839

one Day after date I promised to

pay John Thomas C Knight

the sum of Fifty Dollars in full

Page 44 - January 7, 1839 - Labor for Klepinger

Jenuary the 7 th. AD 1839 Page 44

Mon 7 Cloudy and snowed some I commenc

my laboring with Jacob Klepinger

Tue 8 cloudy this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger it rained some in

the evening quite worm all day

Wed 9 cloudy this morning and raining

it commenced the night preceding

it raind quite hard it broke some

five or six times through the cours

of the day I worked for Jacob w

Klepinger till nine O. clock in

the morning I came home and went

to school at night the sun shoen out

Thu 10 clear and quite pleasent all day

I worked for Jacob Klepinger

quite warm and nice all the time

Fri 11 clear all day and quite pleasent

I worked for Jacob Klepinger

despertly warm for the season

Sat 12 cloudy this morning the sun shoen

out some of the time I worked

for Jacob Klepinger after night

Harners preached at Salem

meeting house thir was about 30 out

Sun 13 cloudy this and rained some in

the morning it continued so

all day I wrote nearly all day

Mon 14 cloudy and rained this morn

I went to school it thundred

terable and flash after flash

of lightning at noon it it be

gan to to rain quite harde

after night Mr. wood and

his companion and Mr. yarlnr

and companion came to pay

us a visit no more at is

Page 38 - December 10, 1838 - Father Hunting

December the 10. 1838 Page 38

Mon 10 cloudy this morning early but soon

broke away it was very cool in the morning

it got quit warm and pleasent the Balen

of the day Father started out to Mr.

Groomeses to hunt game which is about

sixteen miles off I took down my over

Coat to Miss. Eeveline Conley to make

she has three Dollars for making a

coat Mr. Simes killed his hogs I

came home and fikced my stables a

Samuel Klepinger went to school

for the first day to Mr. Barnes 1838

this night I counted up the days since I

commenced my Book keeping the number

was two hundred and forty seven days

Tue 11 clear this morning and thoughed rite

smart quite pleasent all day I made

a stable done and in the afternoon

I helped Timmons tare down his house

James Pierce was hear to day and

Thomas Smith came out from Ohio

the tenth of the month and father came

home with hime I killed one praire hen

Wed 12 clear and some cooler than it has been

for two or three days past I helped

Timmons raise a house after night

their is meeting over at Salem

meeting house Mr. Wood exhorted

Father land home from hunting and

killed nothing a tall so no more at

this time hoping no insinuation too

Thu 13 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed

corne after night there was a

singing school over at Salem mete

ing house I killed two praire hens

and one quail Thomas Smith

and James Pierce came up to the

singing school there was rite smart

of a congragtion out to night 1838

aman of words and not of dead

a charge to keep I have a god

Page 36 - December 1, 1838 - Canal in Vain

December the 1 1838 Page 36

Sat 1 quit smokey and cloudy at ten it snowed

a little I went over to the canall to get som

money but in vein so no more at present

Sun 2 clear this morning quite cool at eleven O. clock

I went to meeting over at Salem meeting

house to hear Mr. Wood preach their was

considerable out to day I parted with my

watch to David Klepinger for ten Dollars

and fifty ctts I went down to Mr. Simses

school house to hear Mr. Wood preach

Mon 3 partly clear all day Father went over

to mill over the river I went and picked

out suitable timber for making rails

for Silas Colbert and in the evening

I went out and killed three praire hens

Tue 4 cloudy this morning and has the appear

of rain or snow Mr. Barnes commencd

his school on the third of December 1838

I killed two praier hens in the day

it snowed some and sleted some it

rained some in the evening I drowed

stove wood for the meeting house and

Father came hom from mill at

noon with 26 Bushels of mele and

a flower so man at present 1838

Wed 5 cloudy all day it snowed some in the

morning I went over to the canall to get

some money but in vain I got their

dew Bill which cald for fourteen Dollars

and six cts Robert hogens was there

with mee I went to meeting at night

their was Mr. Wood Mr. Yarnald Mr.

Timmons Mr. Best and wife Mr.

Shigley and wife and daughter Mr.

Maken Mr. Mendenhall Mr. Lucas

one Day after date wee or either of us

promised to pay Mr Slick the sum of

ten Dollars for Value Received

witness my hand Mr. Slick 1838

Page 33 - November 12, 1838 - Subscribers

November the 12. 1838 Page 33

Mon 12 cloudy and rained a little quite warme

Mr. Mendenhall bought a barrel

of salt he paid one dollar and a quart

down it broke away some but rained

sevrel times through the day in the

evening it rained hard I gethered two

loads of corne Wm Simes signed five

Dollars and paid it down Adam Best

signed 2.50 cents Jacob Klepinger signed

and paid one dollar Benjamin Enoch

Wood paid one dollar Wm Burch paid

one dollar and eighty cents Benjamine

Burch signed one dollar and thirty one

James W Ireland signed 3.00 dollars

Benjamin Lucas signed one dollar

Eligah Timmons signed one dollar

Tue 13 some broken wind blows quite hard at

present it turned quite cold it was

partly clear all day I helped to gether

three loads of corne Mr. Mendenhall

helped us gether all day so ends the

Wed 14 tollerable pleasent to day I gethered

corn Mr. Mendenhall and me gethered

four loads of corn it clouded up late in

the evening after dark it rained some

I went over to Salem meeten house to

prayr meeting it was rather intended

for the purpose of letting out the

stove for to be keped up warm and

the house cleand and candles to be

found to be for one year Benjamine

Lucas under took it for six Dollars

Thu 15 sprinkled some this morning it was

cloudy all day and desperate cool all day

I gethered or drawed fodder for John grave

Fri 16 clear this morning and quite cool it was

cold all day it snowed all the after

noon I went and found my colts over

to moatses creek amen to me c 1838